Krampus: The Yule Lord

Brom

Oct 2012 · Sold by Harper Collins

About this ebook

“Terrific. A wild ride….I loved it. It hooked me and I couldn’t put it down.”
—Mike Mignola, creator of Hellboy

"Brom is that rare breed: a person who is skilled in more than one area of artistic expression. Here's hoping that he will continue to share his dark and often beautiful dreams with us for many years to come." --Christopher Paolini, New York Times bestselling author of Eragon

Acclaimed author and artist Brom raised eyebrows and pulse rates with The Child Thief, his grim, brilliantly audacious, gorgeously illustrated reimagining of the Peter Pan legend. So what does this innovative fantasist do for an encore? He tinkers darkly with the beloved mythology of Santa Claus.

Set in Appalachia, Krampus the Yule Lord is a twisted fairytale about a failed West Virginia songwriter who gets ensnared on Christmas Eve in an eternal war between a not-so-saintly Saint Nick and his dark enemy Krampus, aka Black Peter, an ancient trickster demon. Krampus the Yule Lord is Gregory Maguire (Wicked) meets Susanna Clarke (Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell) in the realm of Guillermo Del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth, as Clive Barker (Mr. B. Gone) works his dark sorcery from the shadows. Once again featuring Brom’s chillingly beautiful artwork throughout, Krampus the Yule Lord is a feast of wonder straight from the kitchen of Sweeney Todd.

Ratings and reviews

Thinking of A Nightmare Before Christmas and this recent 2015 Krampus movie. I like the movie,  Rare Exports, too. After reading this book it certainly makes for a more fun Christmas to interject these elements(back) into it. Also thinking of the Grinch, which has really become a staple in the American Christmas landscape.

Like seriously this thing is one of my all time favorites now! Not only does it have the ever dashing Krampus in it, but Santa is actually the bad guy! And oh my god the story is just amazing that I want to tell the entire world about it. Hell I'd give this book a 100 stars if I could.

I found thus story in my local library three years ago and fell in love with it. Because of this book, I've even started filling my shoes with candy every year and leaving them on the stairs. They're still there in the morning but you never know haha

About the author

Over the past few decades, Brom has lent his distinctive vision to all facets of the creative industries, from novels and games to comics and film. He is the author of The Child Thief and the award-winning illustrated horror novels The Plucker and The Devil's Rose. Brom is currently kept in a dank cellar somewhere just outside of Seattle.